I did not think butterflies / moths was a phylogenetic distinction.

Isn’t this a church of some kind?

Speaking of trolls I assume the madman has perfect knowledge of the layout, hence did not pick a ball out at random.

What is ytp?

What kind of work involves loaded firearms and drinking?

I always thought that was a New York thing.

Beware, cowards!

Thank you I did not realize the secret message

My problem with my old laptop is that it gets so hot it’s unusable.

Wat

What is ANC?

So how do playlists work with this?

Gadgetbridge?

Is no one going to talk about how a rune pickaxe is WAAY more expensive than a bronze pick?

It IS easier than reading the documentation, just like using a GPS is easier than reading a map.

In both cases, the harder task helps you build a mental model much better than the easier task.

For the GPS it doesn’t really matter much, since the stakes are low–it’s not important to build a mental model of a city if you can always use GPS.

With programming I’m more cautious – not knowing what you’re doing can lead to serious harms. Just look at the Therac.

It’s been well documented. It lets them say in their statistics that the owner was in control of the car during the crash

Could you make a version without the background? That would be even more like loss somehow

The system is cheating them

Rich and poor cheat the system in different ways.

The rich can afford to put their kids in supportive schools that will teach those willing to learn a hell of a lot, and those that don’t want to learn can benefit from the network effect.

AI helps the poor cheat the system by avoiding the work and learning, depending on a language tool to process language for them.

The photo looks different. I see the original as white and gold but this looks blue and black.

Edit: Fuck me, I’m looking at this again at night and it’s back to white and gold… I guess my phone is on “night mode” now…